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RIDGELAND — Trudy D. Fisher, the former executive director for the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, has joined the Butler Snow law firm. Donald Clark Jr., chairman of Butler Snow, says in a news release that Fisher will focus on environmental, energy, regulatory, and government relations matters, including permitting and compliance issues around air, water, mining and wetlands. Fisher, who ...

RIDGELAND — Suzanne Cockroft has joined Butler Snow Advisory Services, LLC as director of the firm’s Ridgeland office. Firm CEO Matt Thornton says Cockroft has more than 14 years of experience in communications, business development, marketing and brand management. She most recently was with Butler Snow LLP, parent of Butler Snow Advisory Services, in creative and website development, project management, ...

JACKSON — Baker Donelson has opened an office in Tallahassee, Fla., marking the law firm’s third new location in Florida in three years. The firm’s chairman and CEO Ben C. Adams said, “Tallahassee is the next step in expanding our presence in the state and strengthens our ability to meet the needs of our clients who do business in Florida.” ...

When Lance Stevens and Rod Ward III, attorneys with the Jackson law firm Stevens & Ward, sat down with the staff of the Ridgeland-based advertising agency Mad Genius to develop a new ad campaign, the partners knew they wanted something different — something that set Stevens & Ward’s ads apart from those of other personal injury law firms. However, the ...

RIDGELAND — Butler Snow has expanded its Birmingham, Ala., office as 19 attorneys join the firm, bringing the total number of attorneys in Birmingham to 24 and nearly 280 firm-wide. “We are pleased to have this group of attorneys join us in Birmingham, one of our strategic growth markets,” said Donald Clark Jr., chairman, Butler Snow. Attorney’s joining Butler Snow’s ...

RIDGELAND — Butler Snow has expanded its Public Finance, Tax Incentives and Credit Markets Practice Group as five attorneys join the firm in Denver and four join in Atlanta and Macon, Ga. “Butler Snow has placed a high level of importance on building a public finance practice with a national footprint,” said Donald Clark Jr., chairman, Butler Snow. “These additions ...

JACKSON — Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP has formed a new privacy and information security team that will focus on representing clients on the most pressing privacy and data security issues. Partners Paige M. Boshell and Amy S. Leopard will serve as co-chairs. The team brings together a cross-disciplinary group of the firm’s attorneys who currently help clients minimize the ...

JACKSON — Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs LLP has acquired Barfield & Associates, a full-service Jackson-based law firm, in a move that creates one of the largest law firms in the Jackson area and more than 200 attorneys in four states. Joining Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs’ Litigation and Dispute Resolution service team are: David A. Barfield, who concentrates his practice in ...

The law firm of Baker Donelson has earned yet another award, this one for operating an exemplary workplace. Vault Inc. has named Baker Donelson a winner in the 2014 edition of “Best Law Firms to Work For,” ranking it among the top 10 law firms in the country. This national ranking is based on feedback from thousands of law firm ...

JACKSON — The law firm of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada is opening of an office in Denver. The law firm made the announcement today in a news release. Donald Clark Jr., chairman of Butler Snow, says the firm will offer services related to tax law, new markets and public finance. Clark says Thane R. Hodson and A. Ann ...